The event will also be showcased live on Sky Sports News HD in the UK, including exclusive interviews with race drivers Kimi Räikkönen and Romain Grosjean in addition to key members of the management team.

With the E21 due to break cover tonight, the team at Enstone witnessed another landmark moment in the life of the 21st Formula 1 contender last week, when the factory walls reverberated to the unmistakable roar of a 2.4 litre V8 bursting into life for the very first time; much to the delight of the surrounding crowd whose applause was only marginally out-shouted by the engine itself!

Click the play button below to experience that most spine-tingling, hair-raising, adrenaline pumping of sounds as the countdown to Formula 1 2013 cranks up the volume: